maelstrom

英['meɪlstrɒm] 美['meɪlstrɑːm]
  • n. 大漩涡;大动乱
GRE
Noun:
  1. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

1. Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions.
她心中的情感似波涛汹涌,起伏不定。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom.
独木舟在旋涡之中摇晃打转.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The river takes a headlong plunge into a maelstrom of rocks and boulders.
河水急流而下,入一个漂砾的漩涡中.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. She was drawn into a maelstrom of revolutionary events.
她被卷入革命事件的洪流中.

来自辞典例句

5. The boat flipped and hurled its passengers into the maelstrom.
这时,小船翻转过来,把上面的乘客都甩进了大漩涡之中.

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The maelstrom sucked in the canoe.
      大漩涡吞没了独木舟。
    2. The canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom.
      独木舟在旋涡之中摇晃打转。
    3. They were being sucked into the maelstrom of war.
      他们就要被卷入战乱之中。
    4. She was drawn into a maelstrom of revolutionary events.
      她被卷入革命事件的洪流中。

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